T. S. Eliot Quotes

The older I've gotten, the more I've learned that I have to open myself up to all opportunities. Maybe I'll get burned and not meet the right people, but I won't know until I do it.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great.

I just think we need to have a little sense of humor about yourself and just live and learn, take some chances.

If you're really gonna live, you have to be vulnerable.

To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we cannot suffer in others is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so.

I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.

When you're making records, you develop, and so you hear the things you want to move away from. It stings a little, but you know, you gotta own it too. You've got to just go, "You know, I wasn't afraid to learn in front of people, so I give myself a little credit for not being afraid of anything."

The risk is not in doing something that feels risky. The risk is in not doing something that feels risky.

I'm much more of a risk taker. I'm more fearless now than when I was 18. I was much more self-aware and I cared too much about what people thought of me and now I really don't. I probably should.

If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.

I love the fact that I'm bad at [things].

Never be afraid to make a fool of yourself. The furthest out you can go is the best place to be.

Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

Risk being seen in all of your glory.

There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I’m almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn’t failing, it’s getting too comfortable. Every day we’re writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that’s made all the difference. Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.

Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life. Use it and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.

You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.

Getting a job scared her but she was determined not to shy away from risk. That's what life's all about. Climbing out onto the airplane wing and jumping off.

There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other parts of myself.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.

I do not believe that I am a perfectionist one bit. I truly believe that perfection is something that no one can achieve.

I will never reach perfection.

Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection.

I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it. But in the long run, no matter what I do for the rest of my life, I'll know I did something wonderful by saying what I felt. That's what I said at the awards there: "Go with yourself." And that's what I did.